Hadith on Women: The Prophet enjoins good treatment of wives

‘Amr ibn al-Ahwas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said during his farewell sermon, “Verily, I enjoin you to treat women well, for surely they are your dependents. You do not have any right to treat them otherwise, unless they commit clear obscenity. If they do so, you may forsake their beds and then ‘strike’ them without hurting them, but if they obey you, then you may not do so. You have rights over your wives, and they have rights over you. Among your rights over them is that they do not give their beds to anyone but you, and they do not let anyone you dislike enter your homes. Among their rights over you is that you treat them well, clothe them, and feed them.”

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 1163

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Tirmidhi

Imam Ibn ‘Allan commented, “’For they are your dependents,’ that is, captives or like captives. This indicates that the phrase can be interpreted as a type of rhetorical comparison, or else taken upon its outward sense without any implied wording.”

Source: Dalīl al-Fāliḥīn 3/102

عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْأَحْوَصِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ أَلَا وَاسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّمَا هُنَّ عَوَانٌ عِنْدَكُمْ لَيْسَ تَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُنَّ شَيْئًا غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْتِينَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُبَيِّنَةٍ فَإِنْ فَعَلْنَ فَاهْجُرُوهُنَّ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ وَاضْرِبُوهُنَّ ضَرْبًا غَيْرَ مُبَرِّحٍ فَإِنْ أَطَعْنَكُمْ فَلَا تَبْغُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ سَبِيلًا أَلَا إِنَّ لَكُمْ عَلَى نِسَائِكُمْ حَقًّا وَلِنِسَائِكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ حَقًّا فَأَمَّا حَقُّكُمْ عَلَى نِسَائِكُمْ فَلَا يُوطِئْنَ فُرُشَكُمْ مَنْ تَكْرَهُونَ وَلَا يَأْذَنَّ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ لِمَنْ تَكْرَهُونَ أَلَا وَحَقُّهُنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُحْسِنُوا إِلَيْهِنَّ فِي كِسْوَتِهِنَّ وَطَعَامِهِنَّ

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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